We’re all losers in the wake of senseless act of political vandalism that was the U.S. election

This is the new America: racist, itching for violence, intolerant, heavily armed, repressive, xenophobic, and borderline fascist.

Donald Trump whipped his rural backers into a frenzy of hatred and desire for change at any cost, argues Les Whittington.Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

November 16, 2016

OTTAWA—Nearly half of United States Republicans believe Barack Obama was secretly born outside the United States, making him ineligible to be president, and the man who launched his political career promoting that lie is now poised to take over the White House. There’s your shorthand answer as ...

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